Released June 1979 Length 5:50 | Genre Rock
pop Label A&M | |
B-side "Even in the Quietest Moments" Recorded 1978
The Village Recorder
(Los Angeles, California) | ||
"Goodbye Stranger" is a song by the English rock band Supertramp, which first appeared on their sixth studio album, Breakfast in America (1979). It met with only limited success in the band's native country but was a major hit elsewhere, reaching number 15 in the USA and number 6 in Canada.
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Music video
In the music video, the band plays the track on a soundstage. Rick Davies is playing the Wurlitzer electric piano, Roger Hodgson and Dougie Thomson are playing their guitars (Hodgson on electric, Thomson on bass), John Helliwell is playing keyboards and Bob Siebenberg is playing drums and percussion.
Cover versions
In popular culture
It was featured on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati on the episode "Baby, If You Ever Wondered". It was also featured on the 1999 soundtrack to Magnolia album, along with "The Logical Song", its predecessor on the Billboard singles charts. The American TV series Supernatural has an episode named after the song, which features it prominently during the closing scene. The song is featured in the American mockumentary The Office sung by Michael Scott sarcastically to send off Toby Flenderson, changing the lyrics to "Goodbye Toby".